Kaarina Sivonen
Project leader (P.I.)
Researcher info
Institution
University of Helsinki
Department/faculty
Department of Food and Environmental Sciences
Contact information
kaarina.sivonen@helsinki.fi
+358 2 941 59270
Keywords
bioactive compounds biodiversity biosynthetic enzymes and genes cyanobacteria
Research projects
Cyanobacteria are interesting ancient diverse organisms with a great future in biotechnology. In this project, we will investigate molecular and cultivable cyanobacterial biodiversity from diverse habitats in Brazil. We will isolate strains to form a biobank and utilize cyanobacterial strains to screen and identify new bioactive compounds, their biosynthetic genes and enzymes.
Team
Tania Shishido-Joutsen, Jouni Jokela